Mark knew the night. He was familiar with driving at night but he always had a reason to be out by that time of the night but that day, he did not understand what happened in his home, how the world had tumbled and dangled upside down before him.

He checked Kelechi into a room in a hotel just to ensure her safety. None said a word to the other before they parted. He paid for just a night so she should know better to leave for her school at Umudike the next morning or return home. At that point he did not care much.

He was filled with so...